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Waify vs Waifu - What's the difference?

waify | waifu |

As an adjective waify

is characteristic of a waif; thin.

As a noun waifu is

a fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) that one is attracted to and considers a significant other.

waify

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of a waif; thin
  • :She has a very waify frame

    • waifu

    English

    Noun

  • (fandom) A fictional character from non-live-action visual media (typically an anime, manga, or video game) that one is attracted to and considers a significant other.
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    • Galen, title=Re: Japanese launch campaign to marry comic book characters citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2009, date=31 December, author=
    • Dave Watson, title=Re: K-ON! 2nd season announced waifu " (as if I'd marry a bloody high school girl anyway). Makes me wonder what that says about the otaku who worship her.}}'>citation
  • * 2012 , Dani Cavallaro, Kyoto Animation: A Critical Study and Filmography , McFarland & Company (2012), ISBN 9780786470686, page 126:
    • Bradley Meek's portrayal of Lucky?Star's protagonist is particularly worthy of notice in assessing the anime's take on the art-play dyad: “Konata Izumi is a high school otaku hardcore enough to know trivia about seventies giant robot and tokusatsu shows,” the critic proposes, “but not hardcore enough to own a bodypillow of her waifu [a 2D significant other].
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